Alumni

2024

  • Tanziyah Muqeem, MD, PhD

    Tanziyah Muqeem, MD, PhD

    Senior Scientific Creator
    Neurology Research Resident

  • Kirill Chesnov

    Kirill Chesnov

    Junior Scientific Creator

    Graduate Student

  • James Burrell

    James Burrell

    Creative Solutions Engineer

    Program Coordinator

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    Yike Zhu

    Junior Scientific Creator

    Undergraduate Student

  • Dr. Gary Sutherland

    Gary Sutherland, PhD

    Senior Scientific Creator

    Research Specialist

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    Marisella Adams-Grimaldi

    Undergraduate Student

  • Elizabeth Lee

    Elizabeth Lee

    Undergraduate Student

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    Reah Syed

    Undergraduate Student

  • Dr. Camille Spencer-Salmon

    Camille Spencer-Salmon, PhD

    Postdoctoral Research Associate

  • Adam Weissman

    Adam Weissman

    Research Technician

  • Nicholas Clark

    Nicholas Clark

    Research Technician

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    Kayla Williams

    Undergraduate Student

  • Jonathan Williford

    Jonathan Williford, M.Ed

    Senior Program Coordinator

  • Noah Lanier

    Noah Lanier

    Junior Data Scientist

  • Sofia Calvo

    Sofia Calvo

    Research Technician

2023

  • Dr. Elizabeth Ransey

    Elizabeth Ransey, PhD

    Senior Scientific Creator
    Postdoctoral Research Associate

  • Dr. Brian Sweis

    Brian Sweis, MD, PhD

    Senior Scientific Creator

    Psychiatry Research Resident

  • Dr. Diana Waters

    Diana Waters, PhD

    Senior Scientific Creator

    Psychiatry Research Resident

  • Ashleigh Rawls

    Ashleigh Rawls

    Junior Scientific Creator

    Graduate Student, Pharmacology and Cancer Biology

  • Dr. Dalton Hughes

    Dalton Hughes, PhD

    Senior Scientific Creator

    Research Specialist

  • Samantha Scott

    Samantha Scott

    Junior Scientific Creator

    Research Technician

  • Dr. Elise Adamson

    Elise Adamson, PhD

    Junior Scientific Creator

    Graduate Student, Biomedical Engineering

  • Dr. Alex Bey

    Alex Bey, PhD, MD

    Senior Scientific Creator

    Child Psychiatry Fellow and Postdoctoral Research Associate

  • Sophia Vera

    Sophia Vera

    Junior Scientific Creator

    Research Technician

2022

  • Jake Benton

    Jake Benton

    Junior Scientific Creator

    Graduate Student, Neurobiology

    Medical Scientist Training Program

  • Dr. Gwenaelle Thomas

    Gwenaelle Thomas, PhD

    Senior Scientific Creator

    Postdoctoral Research Associate

  • Carter Vanderloo

    Carter Vanderloo

    Junior Scientific Creator

    Undergraduate Research Assistant

2021

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    Neil Gallagher

    Graduate Student, Neurobiology (2015-2021)

    Undergraduate Research Assistant (2010-2013)

    Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Weill Cornell Medical School

  • Zachary Rene

    Zachary Rene

    Undergraduate Research Assistant (2018-2021)

    Zach completed a BS in Psychology from Duke University in 2021

    Current Position: Masters of Biomedical Science Student at Duke University

  • Rachel Fisher

    Rachel Fisher

    Research Technician (2019-2021)

    Current Position: Incoming Graduate Student. Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai. Rachel completed her B.A. in Psychology from Vassar College in 2019.

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    Athy Robinson

    Research Analyst II (2013-2021)

    Athy has expertise in varied research laboratory techniques and in lab management. She completed her undergraduate degree in Biology at East Carolina University and her Master's Degree in Marine Biology at UNC-Wilmington.

2020

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    Austin Talbot, PhD

    Statistical Sciences Graduate Student, Duke University (2016-2020)

    Summer Research Intern (2015)

    Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Stanford University

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    Katelyn (Kat) Hefter

    Undergraduate Research Assistant (2018-2020)

    Current Position: Law Student, University of Pennsylvania. Kat graduated with her BS in Biomedical Engineering, Neruoscience, and Electrical Engineering from Duke University in 2020.

  • Reagan Portelance

    Reagan Portelance

    Undergraduate Research Assistant (2018-2020)

    Reagan graduated with her BS in Electrical Engineering from Duke University in 2020.

    Current Position: Graduate Student, Neuroscience at Wake Forest University

  • Tatiana Rodriguez

    Tatiana Rodriguez

    Laboratory Research Technician (2017-2020)

    Current Position: Graduate Student NYU. Tatiana completed her B.S. in Biochemistry from University of Maryland Baltimore County in 2019.

  • Alexandra Fink

    Alexandra Fink

    Undergraduate Researcher (2017-2020)

    Current Position: Graduate Student. Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai. Alie completed her B.S. in Neuroscience from Duke University in 2020.

2019

  • Ryan Bowman

    Ryan Bowman

    Laboratory Technician (2017-2019)

    Current Position: Graduate Student. Neuroscience, Carnegie Mellon. Ryan completed his B.S. in Neuroscience from Duke University in 2017.

  • Timothy Nyangacha

    Timothy Nyangacha

    Laboratory Technician (2018-2019)

    Undergraduate Research Assistant (2016-2018)

    Tim completed his BS in Neuroscience with from Duke University in 2015. He is an incoming medical student at University of Minnesota.

  • Cameron Blount

    Cameron Blount

    Research Technician (2017-2019)

    Laboratory Technician (2016-2017)

    Undergraduate Research Intern (2015-2016)

    Awarded NIH Administrative supplement. Current Position: Incoming Medical Student, Emory Medical School

  • Anna Matthews

    Anna Matthews

    Undergraduate Research Assistant, Neuroscience (2017-2019)

2018

  • Dr. Rainbo Hultman

    Rainbo Hultman, PhD

    Postdoctoral Research Associate (2013-2018)

    Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics. Iowa Neuroscience Institute

  • Dr. Mai-Anh Vu

    Mai-Anh Vu, PhD

    Graduate Student (2013-2018)

    Postdoctoral Research Associate, Boston University

  • Nkemdilim Ndubuizu

    Nkemdilim Ndubuizu

    Laboratory Technician (2016-2018)

    Current Position: Medical Student, Howard School of Medicine

  • Anica Nangia

    Anica Nangia

    Undergraduate Researcher (2017-2018)

2017

  • Meghana Vagwala

    Meghana Vagwala

    Undergraduate Research Assistant (2015-2017)

    Awarded Marshall Scholarship

    Current Position: Medical Student, Harvard

  • Chuma Eruchalu

    Chuma Eruchalu

    Undergraduate Research Assistant (2016-2017)

    Current: Medical Student, Harvard Medical School

  • Hannah Schwennesen

    Hannah Schwennesen

    Undergraduate Research Assistant (2016-2017)

    Completed Medical School, University of Pennsylvania.

    Current Position: Medical Resident, Duke University Medical Center

  • Haley Talbot

    Haley Talbot

    Undergraduate Research Assistant (2016-2017)

    Medical Student, University of Michigan

2016

  • Alexander Skidmore

    Alexander Skidmore

    Undergraduate Research Assistant (2016)

    Completed Medical School: Washington University of St. Louis.

    Current Position: Neurosurgery Resident, University of Kentucky

  • Christa Parrish

    Christa Parrish

    Summer Intern (2016)

    North Carolina School of Science and Math

  • Joyce Wang

    Joyce Wang

    Laboratory Technician (2015-2016)

    Undergraduate Research Assistant (2014-2015)

    Joyce completed her BS in Neuroscience with Distinction from Duke University in 2015. She is currently a Neuroscience Graduate Student at MIT.

  • Lisa David

    Lisa David

    Research Technician (2014-2016)

    Undergraduate Research Intern (2012-2014)

    Current: Medical Student, Florida International University Medical School

  • Dr. Jana Schaich Borg

    Jana Schaich Borg, PhD

    Postdoctoral Research Associate (2013 – 2016)

    Current: Assistant Research Professor, Duke University

  • Okechi Boms

    Okechi Boms

    Undergraduate Research Assistant (2014-2016)

    Fullbright, 2016-2017 Current: Medical Student, Harvard Medical School

2015

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    Caley Burrus

    Undergraduate Research Assistant (2015)

    Current: Duke Neurobiology Graduate Student

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    Rithi Chandy

    Undergraduate Research Assistant (2014 – 2015)

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    Brittany Katz

    Laboratory Research Technician (2012 – 2015)

    Current position: Graduate student, University of North Carolina

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    Sunil Kumar, PhD

    Research Technician and Senior Research Associate (2009 – 2015)

2014

  • Dr. Gretchen Chidester (née Sprow)

    Gretchen Chidester (née Sprow), PhD

    Postdoctoral Research Associate (2013 – 2014)

    Current position: consultant, MedThink Communications

  • Dr. Lizhen Lin

    Lizhen Lin, PhD

    Postdoctoral Research Associate (2012 – 2014)

    Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics, University of Notre Dame

  • Matthew Shirley

    Matthew Shirley

    Undergraduate Research Intern (2014)

    Current Position: Undergraduate student, University of Maryland Baltimore County

  • Nadine Michel

    Nadine Michel

    Research Intern (2013-2014)

    Undergraduate Research Intern (2012-2013)

    Current: MD/PhD student, University of Virginia

    Current Position: Medical Scientist Training Program, University of Virginia School of Medicine

  • Kinsley Johnson

    Kinsley Johnson

    Research Technician (2012 – 2014)

2013

  • Kia Johnson

    Kia Johnson

    Undergraduate Research Intern (2013)

    Graduate, University of St. Thomas. Subsequently awarded Fullbright Fellowship

2012

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    Nicole Peretti

    Undergraduate Research Intern (2012)

    Current position: pre-doctoral scholar, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

  • Dr. Sherilynn Black

    Sherilynn Black, PhD

    Postdoctoral Research Associate (2010 – 2012)

    Current position: Assistant Professor of the Practice in Medical Education, Duke University School of Medicine Director, Office of Biomedical Graduate Diversity